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Yuck. Unless he's playing on the line standing up. If his hand is in the dirt, I don't like it.

While we don't have any dead cap for 2023 yet, there will be some as we have to clear some cap space. Clearing cap space entails cutting people which leads to dead cap most of the time. So it's coming.

I was going to say 7 wins, but 6.5 is too close. If it would have been 5.5 for the Panthers I would feel comfortable taking the over.

No QBs in those top 34. I wonder what the Steelers were thinking?

Let's see how the Raiders do this year. Now they got some weapons for Carr I would be willing to bet not only do they make the playoffs, but make a deep run unless they have to play either the Bills or Chiefs in the first couple of rounds. Sure, if there was a Mahommes-esque player in every draft Corral would be a temporary starter or just a backup, but as we know dynamic QB1s don't come around very often. To pretend there are would be very disingenuous. You have to look no further than this draft to prove that.

If LSU is "DB-U", the Panthers are the NFL LSU equivalent. Sure, why not have an even 12 CBs on the roster going into camp?

I still want to know who thought this was a good idea? I mean, $11M for this year is bad enough, but 2023? Freaking $22M...for Robby Anderson???????

I'd take Derek Carr 2.0. Not every team is getting a Mahommes or Josh Allen, so a week-to-week consistent starter, if yet unspectacular, is completely okay with me.

Kinda like

Last year's schedule leak was completely bogus.

I posted this recently in the draft subforum, but I think people stopped checking on that a couple weeks ago once the draft was over, so enjoy...

Pretty much a stalemate. I think JJ clearly got the best of Ickey twice. However, two plays in an entire game versus a top edge rusher? Not perfect obviously, but pretty damn solid.

Roll with this group. Our cap situation sucks next year and any rolled over cap will be greatly needed. Tepper has given Rhule a vote of confidence for this season, so ol' Matty boy isn't pressed to make hasty decisions...such as trading for Jimmy G. or Mayfield.

Because...why not?

I've already said he's the UDFA that makes the team...barring injury. He's got to beat out Thompson and Sullivan for TE3. REALLY?

Dwight Stone was a good returner for us and he was in his 30's. Ageism is real. Don't hate on older folks....

And Rhule gets the demotion....out of Charlotte.

Yeah, the same ones Bil Cosby used. What? Too soon?

Understanding there had been over 50 of these and looking at it with the other rare bird of Cool Joe out of it, it's very slim. So 3rd round and lower..STARTERS since 1980 with the Golden Children of Brady and Montana you have exactly four...Wilson, Johnson, Warner and Rypien. Brees was the top of the 2nd, before there were 32 teams. Farve I think was 5th in the 2nd before 32 teams. Hostetler took over for an injured Phil Simms midway through the season and wasn't the starter once Simms returned the next season. Same thing With Foles, who took over for an injured Carson Wentz. Johnson was a 9th round pick; we don't even have 9 rounds anymore and Warner went undrafted. So to say those were luck of the draw is an understatement.

My point exactly. Remove the anomaly and there you have it. In statistics you have these things called 'outliers'. Outliers are normally dismissed because they screw up the otherwise bell-shaped curve. Yes, Brady is an outlier. Name me 6th round and lower SB QBs with him out of the equation. The list gets SUPER slim.

Yep, people say that plenty of 1st round QBs have been bust, but first rounders have overwhelmingly been the ones under center for Super Bowl Champions. Take Brady out of the equation and the list non-first round SB winning QBs gets really thin.

Brees was a super high 2nd rounder as well as Farve. FYI, the link is broken.

See, this is why it was dumb to let WRs start wearing single digits.

Exception to the rule. By that token you should shop for franchise QBs in 6th round because of Tom Brady.

Those of us who follow the draft had said for months this was a very weak QB class. The 1st round predictions form the media talking heads were based off teams like...oh, let's say the Panthers getting super desperate and taking one of the guys. Goes to show even the perceived "desperate" teams knew this class wasn't worth the 1st round gamble.